Prep work

Hope that trip down memory lane didn't confuse anyone!  No baby yet--I'm just finally typing in my birth story from baby #3!

Otherwise, just a note that my 33 week check-up was all fine and dandy.  I gained about a pound and my bp and ankles are just fine.  I go again in two weeks where I'll get the Group B strep testing done--and then I start going EVERY WEEK.  I am beyond excited that this is now happening so quickly!

But...I'm also starting to worry about how we're NOT ready to welcome a baby yet.  She has no place to sleep, no place to put all her clothes, and NO NAME yet!  I am adding another name to the list:  Sophia Loretta.  (DH's only response when I mentioned it was a GRUNT, so I've no clue if he likes it or not.)  I get asked about 10 times a day if we've picked out a name yet.  I just keep telling everyone that chances are, we won't pick the name until she comes out!

Anyway, I have officially washed two loads of baby laundry.  I washed the bouncy seat and swing cushions, the towels and receiving blankets, pack 'n' play sheet, and all the newborn-sized clothes.  I cleaned off the swing, changed the batteries, and yes, it still works!  I got some elastic and I threaded it through the two old hand-me-down gowns I have to replace that choking hazard string (!).  A quick zip through the sewing machine, and those will be ready.  I have picked out the hospital outfit and packed it in my hospital bag....

Today I also bought a few organizer bins to maybe hold clothes on those built-in shelves in the proposed nursery.  I may even go online and buy those decorative stickers for the room--as soon as we decide whether or not we're going to paint that room in the next few weeks.  Hmmm.....

I finally took back one of the sleepers I got from my shower.  It's a fleece 3-6 mos.  If this baby is anything like the other three, by the time she can wear 3-6 mos, it will be dead summer, so she will NOT be wearing fleece.  Of course, this gift did not come with a receipt, so I ended up stuck with the sale price--and there was nothing comparable to exchange.  I ended up grabbing a 6-9 mos sleeper (NO fleece at all in the store)--and had to pay $6 out of pocket to exchange it.  (As I drove away I thought, I should have just given it to someone else!)

I have cleaned out a shelf in the bathroom closet to put the towels, washcloths and receiving blankets.

I have now accumulated three bags of diapers and one box of wipes.  (I keep forgetting to go down the baby aisle when I'm at the store!)

I'm trying to decide if I need more receiving blankets or if the various assortment of blankets I have will be just fine.

All week I kept thinking I was having Braxton Hicks contractions.  But then when I would look down, I'd see, NO, it's just the baby doing some really incredible stretches which are tightening up my whole belly.  She was really, really low and busy today.  I did more walking than normal today and was quite uncomfortable all day.  

The pediatrician got a HUGE surprise at M & I's annual exam today!  "Oh, WOW!" she said when she came in the door.  I said, "Surprise!  I hope you're taking new patients!"  I was thinking earlier today that I'm going to see a LOT of her this coming year!

Here's hoping we get some work done on that nursery this weekend, huh?